Authoritarians, Autocrats & Strongmen

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  Scott Monty

  

  March 2, 2023

  Substack - Heather Cox Richardson

  It’s commonly understood that Republican Rutherford B. Hayes won the electoral votes from three contested southern states in 1876 and thus took the …

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  Scott Monty

  

  Florida Could Start Looking a Lot Like Hungary

  The New York Times - Michelle Goldberg

  In 2017, the government of Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban passed a law intended to drive Central European University, a prestigious school founded by a Hungarian refugee, George Soros, out of the country. At the time, this was shocking; as many as 80,000 protesters rallied in Budapest and …

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  Scott Monty

  

  More than half of Republicans support Christian nationalism

  boingboing.net - Mark Frauenfelder

  The United States Constitution makes no mention of God, Jesus, or the Bible. Article 6 of the Constitution states that "no religious Test shall ever …

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  Scott Monty

  

  A new poll gives us insight into a troubling anti-American movement

  The Washington Post - By Jennifer Rubin

  When you hear the phrase “Christian nationalists,” you might think of antiabortion conservatives who are upset about the phrase “Happy Holidays” and embrace a vaguely “America First” way of thinking. But according to a Public Religion Research Institute-Brookings Institution poll released …

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  Scott Monty

  

  Large numbers of Americans want a strong, rough, anti-democratic leader

  theconversation.com - Tarah Williams and Andrew Bloeser and Brian Harward

  It might be comforting to think that American democracy has made it past the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. But our research shows that a wide range of …

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  Scott Monty

  

  It can (and almost did) happen here

  Substack - Scott G. Nelson

  Authoritarian dynamics are global; their symptoms are national. And so it continues. Thousands of angry supporters of Jair Bolsonaro stormed the …